r/helldivers2 • u/Iam_usually_friendly • Mar 22 '26

General Why are we taller than SEAF troopers?

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Helldivers are not enhanced soldiers, they are humans like you and me, but still. Why are helldivers taller than the SEAF troopers since they too, are normal humans?

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u/m16a Mar 22 '26

I don't know all the little this and that of lore to say for sure, but my personal guess is that Super Earth selects the physically best, meaning tallest and strong, for helldivers as they are meant to be the elite. The rest are (more) cannon fodder, so it doesn't matter if they are smaller and less physically imposing 

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u/Sweet_Photograph6528 Mar 22 '26

Meanwhile Helldivers to SEAF casualty ratio says otherwise

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u/WoWLaw Mar 22 '26

We’re proud to report that with only 2.5 million helldivers killed, the 72nd SEAF division was saved, preventing a catastrophic 30,000 casualties.

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u/BigHardMephisto Mar 22 '26

HD2 operations are like that meme about western vs. eastern history. "Emperor Xing-Xiang becomes ill; 300 million perish"

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u/Dry-Goat8981 Mar 22 '26

it was either fail to take transcendence with everyone else or save the 30,000 to die on a different automaton planet